AS Serman



[AS]_Serman (also known as [AS]_Royal Companion, [AS]_Royal_Knight or [AS]_Stratiotai) is one of the current AS Clan Leaders for RoN, along with his close friend [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great. He has been with [AS] since January 2015, and was recruited by the then clan leader [AS]_Falas. Although Serman started off in [AS] with Scenarios, he also plays both standard and nomad, both of which he is good at. In addition, he played an instrumental role in the rebirth of the clan in 2017.

Early Involvement
As mentioned, Serman began his time in [AS] in January 2015. He had just recently bought the game off Steam, and was ready to see what Multiplayer had to offer. Before this, he had mainly played Single-player (Since around 2006), and therefore was a newbie when it came to participating in Online games. It was only after a week or two of playing the game however (and re-acquiring his love for a childhood game), that on one fateful day he stumbled across a Scenario game, which was hosting Napoleonic Europe V5. Serman ended up enjoying it immensely.

He continued to play Scenarios with his newly met friends, and got on almost every weekend. Such was his love for the concept of Scenarios, that he didn't so much as hesitate to join [AS] when he received a private message from [AS]_Falas, telling him he would be welcome to join. And so, from that moment on he would devote himself to the clan for helping to not only rekindle his love for the game, but spark a new interest in playing Scenarios.

[AS] Decline & Imperial RoN Brotherhood [IRB]
Towards the end of 2015, many [AS] members went offline for long periods of time. This included both [AS]_Pimp-Masterflex as well as  [AS]_Falas, both of who were strong representatives of [AS]. This meant that the prospect of playing Scenarios was reduced significantly. Saddened by this, Serman looked to playing other game modes, such as nomad and standard. Despite not being very good, having mainly played Scenarios since, he managed to get accepted into a few mid-level NNN games and improved quickly as a result.

Such was his eagerness to learn, Serman devoted much of his time watching replays from experienced players. He began to implement improvements to his game-play, from which he'd learned from seeing better players in action. By late 2016, [AS] was in dire straits. The inactivity of clan members had reached the point where, Serman was feeling bitter about remaining in a clan which had long since died out. He voiced his concern to, [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great, of who he had played with in the past. After much contemplation, they both agreed to begin a new clan named: Imperial RoN Brotherhood (IRB for short). With the help of another friend, Jovan The Great, they created the clan with said name on the 30th December, 2016.

Beginning with 3 members, [IRB] wanted to retain similar ideals of their members from that of the [AS] clan (It's spiritual predecessor). After a few days of work, they had created a logo, and guidelines to help with the recruitment process of new members. Since the lack of players at this time, [IRB] decided to move it's focus instead to Nomad, opposed to that of Scenarios. The clan lasted until Early to mid April 2017, losing momentum due to the fact that they had not gained a single member. This, and the return of [AS]_Falas along with other [AS] members, convinced the three to abandon [IRB]. Serman rejoined [AS] once more, along with [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great. The 3rd IRB member, Jovan The Great, didn't however.

Return to [AS]
Having joined back in [AS] once again, he participated in more Scenarios but would be short-lived as once again [AS]_Falas disappeared and with him many others. Not wanting history to repeat itself, Serman along with [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great talked with eachother about the future of [AS], and together aspired to help rebuild the clan to it's former glory as seen in it's early years. The Recruitment of members took place that very summer, with the first initiate being [AS]_Princess, recruited by  [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great. He had seen much potential in her ability to play well, and so with the help of Serman would gradually teach her to become better.

Pleased with their success of having recruited their first member into the rebirth, both now self-appointed leaders continued to seek out players with similar potential. By the end of the summer, [AS] had acquired 2 more members: [AS]_Knxwledge and  [AS]_Hobbitoizengard. Both had intermediate skill, and had friendly personalities - thus fitting the recruitment criteria. Unfortunately, both have shown to be somewhat inactive since their recruitment. Towards the end of 2017, [AS] had recruited three more members with Intermediate skill: [AS]_Lucky,  [AS]_Ken &  [AS]_Bleed (High intermediate). Like all the members prior, [AS]_Lucky and  [AS]_Bleed showed much promise to the AS Clan, and were very keen to be apart of it.

Serman also has his own YouTube channel, in which he posts his RoN matches to in the hopes that he can both entertain, and educate [AS] or otherwise. The Channel as of 26/012018, has gained 85 subscribers.

[AS] Clan Wars & Tournaments
Since late 2017, Serman has participated in several clan wars (which have been posted on both his, and the [AS] YouTube Channel) against clans such as: LAT, AZ & TGZ.

The first official Clan War of the revived AS clan was against LAT was on the 24th June, 2017. It was a 2v2 game on the map Australian Outback. Both Serman & his teammate [AS]_Spyridon_The_Great fought hard and succeeded in winning the game (around 30 minutes in length). The game was against [LAT] members: Ogi & Saico. What made this victory to be one for the history books is that [LAT]_Saico was an alternate account of [El]_Azteca, a talented player in RoN for both main game modes of Nomad, and Standard alike. The game was uploaded to YouTube by Serman to his own Channel, which was gaining a small cult following of around 100 subscribers. (As of 22/05/2018).

[AS] Clan has since continued to partake in clan wars against other various clans, most notably in the tournaments: Nomadium 1 & 2, as well as King of Sahara and recently Nordic Classic. In Nomadium 1 [AS] fought against {RO}, a formidable group of individual great nomaders (Zeus, Toiletsnake & Shutup). [AS] ended up winning 2-0. [AS] also took part in the next Nomadium tournament, which saw them win 2-1 against G.A.Y (A clan of which consisted of standard players: Hockeystar, Roachy & Mr.Whippy, made specifically for the tournament). [AS] would go on to fight against LAT Fusion, but ended up losing 2-1. In King of Sahara (which was a team based standard tournament), [AS]'s 1 and only team which consisted of players: Serman & Kage, fought against [El] clan's third team (EL_RIP & Hockeystar), and ended up winning 2-1 against them. [AS] would go on to win against PLA clan's fourth team (Cavalier and Bun), beating them 2-0. These victories led [AS] to proceed to the next round where it became best of 5. The first matchup was against AL clan's Hugo & Dracula and [AS] ended up winning 3-1. This would be the last victory for [AS] to enjoy in this tournament however, as in their next matchup they went up against PLA's fifth team (Redbul & Linckey), where they lost 3-0. Overall, [AS] has performed moderately well in the tournaments they've took part in. King of Sahara was arguably their best performance, as they won games against some well-known good players. [AS] also as mentioned took part in the recent Nordic Classic tournament, but as Serman didn't take part it won't be overviewed here. All the tournament and various clan matches will be covered in detail over at the AS clan page.